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The Obama Campaign office is in the UK?
Apparently it is according to a 419 mail I got this morning. This one is quite a good effort however it does have some fundamental flaws. It begins thus: This letter is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form, rather is compelled to contact your esteemed self, following the knowledge of your high [...]
Nov 5th, 2009 | Filed under 419 -
Another silly 419
The lads from Lagos must be hard up. They aren’t even making a decent effort at scamming us decedent Westerners anymore. At least if this gem is anything to go by: Dear Friend i verry happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of your help in UNITED KINDOM [...]
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Great night and what a hangover
I’ve almost recovered from the Blog Awards party. What a night! Full house and the run of the Cork International Airport hotel for the duration. None of it would have been possible without Mulley’s hard work in arranging it all. He did a terrific job. Congratulations to all the winners too! Lots happened that I [...]
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Gardai tripped up by Polish Driving Licence
Some one with the Polish name “Prawo Jazdy” managed to rack up over 50 motoring offences by June 2007 and finally the Gardai have managed to figure out who “he/she” is. “Prawo Jazdy” is Polish for “Driving Licence” Apparently unlike our paper licences, the Polish one is a credit card sized ID type jobby. With [...]
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Ze blog awards – who would I like to meet?
I’m looking forward to the blog awards but there is a bit of a meme going around about who you would like to meet there. Rick O’Shea thought it up and is is described as thus: “Name 5 bloggers you haven’t met in the flesh before that you’d like to say hi to at the Blog [...]